Description |
xiii, 484 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-466) and index. |
Contents |
Part I. English origins of English oratorio : Artistic norms ; The purpose of art ; Music, morals and religion ; The biblical sublime ; The survival of epic ; The defence of Christianity ; Towards oratorio -- Part II. The patriot libretto from the excise bill to the Jew bill: Israelite oratorios and English politics : Political events and political thought ; Allegorical politics ; Moral politics ; "Esther" to "Athalia" ; In time of war ; Images of government ; The conflict of public and private interests ; Coda : the end of Handel's Israelite oratorios -- Appendix 1. Libretto authors and sources -- Appendix 2. The oratorios and Methodism. |
Subject |
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Oratorios. Librettos.
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Librettos -- 18th century.
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Librettos. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
Subject |
Oratorios -- 18th century.
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Oratorios. |
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Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
Added Title |
Handel's oratorios and 18th-century thought |
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Handel's oratorios & eighteenth-century thought |
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Handel's oratorios & 18th-century thought |
ISBN |
0521402654 |
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